Quote Originally Posted by Colonel MacNeal View Post
You got to the bad pun before I did.

I wonder what the origin of the word is? "Flashing" is used to keep things watertight.
Besides being a roofing term, "flashing" also is used here in the colonies to describe the act of doing a kilt check on one's self within clear view of another on purpose, whether one is wearing a kilt or not.